Cigar-tip cutter



.Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT trieso VALENTINE HOWELL, OF GENEVA, ILLINOIS.

ClGAR-TIP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,32, dated April 3,1888.

Application filed October ll, 1887. Serial No. 252,097. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, VALENTINE HOWELL, a citizen ofthe United States ofAmerica, residing at Geneva, in the county of Kane and State 4ofIllinois, have invented certain new and usei'ul Improvements in Gigar-Tip Cutters, of which the following is a speeication, reference beinghad therein to the accgmpanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to provide a machine for slitting thetips of cigars with out such cigar-tips losing their original shape; andit consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter setforth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,l'igurel represents a vertical sectionthrough the center of the machine; Fig. 2,21. section on line x in Fig.l; and Fig. 3 is a section on line y y in Fig. 1.

Corresponding referential characters in the several figures ot thedrawings designate like parts.

A denotes a bell-shaped metal frame having secured by screws b abase-plate, B. This frame A has at its top a hub, a, bored to form avertical guide for the Ytubular stem C, provided on its upper end with aknob or handle, c. This stem C hasinsertedinto aslotted opening andsecured therein by soldering or other means a plate of sheet steel, d,wedge-shaped and provided on its outward inclined edge with smallsaw-teeth. The hub c has a slot, e, through its oblong projection forthe steel plate d to move and be guided therein. The

lower end of stem C is screw-threaded for a nut, f, forming a shoulderfor limiting the upward movement of said stem, and at the same time forabutting the upper end of a conical spiral spring, F, seated upon thebase B inside of the bell-shaped frame A. A conical socket, g, is boredinto the slotted portion of hub a, centrally in line with such slit,which socket g is shaped to correspond with the shape of the tip of acigar, and is so located relative to stem C that while the tip of acigar is inserted into such socket with one hand and the stem C ispushed downward with the other hand the sawplate d will cut a slit intosuch cigar-tip that will form a convenient vent for the smoke to bedrawn through into the mouth of the smoker without otherwise destroyingor damaging the cigar-tip. Upon releasing the handle c the spring E willraise the stem C again to be in position for the next cigar.

What I claim is- A cigar-tip cutter consisting of the box or bell shapedbase A, a hub, a., integral there with, said hub being provided with aprojec tion on one side having a vertical slot, e, init, and atip-receptacle, g, formed in the projection of the hub across the lineof the slot, a spring, F, mounted in the base A, and stem C, supportedupon the spring, said stem being passed through hub a and provided withan inclined saw-toothed or serrated blade, d, held in the slot e of thehub projection, all con structed and combined substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' VALENTINE HOVELL. Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. Lo'rz,

O'r'ro LUBKERT.

